Glove-fastener.



PATENTBD NOV. 8, 1904.

E. W. DYKE.

GLOVE FASTENER.

APPLICATION FILED 2313.23, 1904.

N0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES Patented November 8, 1 904.

PATENT OFFICE.

EUSTACE W. DYKE, OF EAST BRIDGEWATER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ELMER W. WALKER, OF BROCKTON, MASSACHU- SETTS.

GLOVE-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 774,381, dated November 8, 1904.

Application filed February 23, 1904:. Serial No. 194,733. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EUsTAoE W. DYKE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of East Bridgewater, in the county of Plymouth and State of Massachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Glove-Fasteners, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like figures on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention relates to a fastener for gloves or mittens having what is commonly called a gored wristlet; and its object is to provide a fastener which is simple and inexpensive to manufacture and which can be applied to the glove without performing any other operation than those usually performed in stitching the seams of the glove, which is effective in operation, and does not cause the material of the glove to pucker or bunch when in use.

The fastener comprises a cord doubled on itself to provide a loop and having its ends secured together, a tab of fabric or similar material which can be readily sewed through or otherwise secured to the glove in the regular process of manufacture applied to and extending laterally from said cord, pairs of connected eyes through which the cord passes, and another tab of similar material secured to said eyes.

In applying the fastener to the glove one of the tabs is placed between one edge of the gore of the wristlet of the glove and the corresponding edge in the slit of the wristlet, and the other tab is placed between the other edge of the gore and the corresponding edge of the slit in the wristlet, and said tabs are secured in place by the usual line of stitching which unites the gore to the wristlet. After the fastener is made, therefore, the applying of it to the glove is accomplished without the performance of any other operations than those usually performed in making the glove.

Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is aview of a glove having my improved fastener applied thereto, said fastener being loosened. Fig.2 is a view of the fastener before it is aptab of fabric or some similar material, which can be readily sewed through or otherwise fastened to the glove in the regular process of manufacture, which is secured to the cord 6 and extends laterally therefrom. This tab is preferably made by folding a piece of fabric over the cord, although it may be made in any other way without departing from my invention.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention the ends 8 of the cord are brought together, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. 2, and the tab 7 is folded over the meeting ends 8, so as to inclose the same, and a line of stitching 9 passed transversely across the fold in the tab and through the tab and ends of the cord. This line of stitching serves two purposes. First, it operates as the means for securing the ends of the cord together, and, second, it serves to firmly secure the tab to the cord.

10 designates a guide comprising a body portion 11, having at its ends eyes 12, through which the cord 6 passes. This guide can be made in any suitable way, but preferably is made from a piece of wire bent at its ends to form the eyes 12. Secured to the body 11 of the guide is another tab, 13, of some suitable material which can be sewed through, preferably fabric. As herein shown, said tab is formed by folding a piece of fabric about the body portion 11 and securing it thereto by a line of stitching 14.

l5 designates a finger-piece of ordinary construction, which is mounted on the cord for convenience in operation.

In manufacturing the fastener the guide 11 is first formed and the tab 13 secured thereto, and the two branches of the cord are passed through the two eyes 12. The two ends 8 are then brought together and inclosed by the tab 7 and the tab secured to each end and the ends secured together by the line of stitching 9. At any stage in the above operation the finger-piece 15 (if it is to be used) may be applied to the cord. These steps complete the construction of the fastener, and in applying the fastener to the glove the tab 7 is inserted between one edge of the gore 4t and the corresponding edge 17 of the wristlet, and the other tab 13 is placed between the other edge of the gore and the corresponding edge 18 of the wristlet, and said tabs secured in place by the usual line of stitching 19, which secures the gore to the wristlet. It will thus be seen that to apply the fastener to the glove requires no separate operation, such as inserting eyelets or runners or similar devices.

20 designates the usual hook or button, over which the loop of the cord passes when th wristlet is closed.

It will be seen that the eyes 12 are situated just outside the edge 18 of the wristlet and that the cord 6 is attached to the edge 17 just outside thereof, so that when the glove is closed the two edges 17 and 18 of the wristlet come together and stand in alinement with each other, as seen in Figs. 3 and 4, thus preventing any bunching caused by the pulling of one edge over on top of the other.

While 1 have illustrated one way of securing the ends of the cord together and applying the tab-pieces 7 thereto, 1 do not wish to be limited to this construction nor to the exact details herein illustrated, as the construction may be varied in many ways without departing from the invention described in the claims.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fastener for gloves comprising a cord doubled on itself to provide a loop and having its ends secured together, a tab folded about and secured directly to the cord and adapted to be sewed to the wristlet of the glove at one side of the gore, a pair of connected closed eyes through which said cord passes, and a tab sewed to said eyes and adapted to be secured to the wristlet of the glove on the opposite side of the gore, both of said tabs being of material that can be readily sewed through.

2. A fastener for gloves comprising a cord doubled on itself to provide a loop, a tab folded about the meeting ends of the cord and secured to each of said ends, thereby uniting them, a metallic cord-guide having at its ends eyes through which the cord passes, and a tab secured to said guide, both of said tabs being of material that can be readily sewed through.

3. In a glove provided with a gore in its wristlet, a cord-fastener comprising a cord doubled on itself to provide a loop, means to secure the ends of the cord together, a tab secured to the cord and inserted between one edge of the gore and the wristlet of the glove, a pair of connected eyes through which the cord passes, a fabric tab secured to said eyes and inserted between the other edge of the gore and the wristlet of the glove, said tabs being secured to the glove by the usual line of stitching which secures the gore in place. In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EUSTACE V. DYKE. Witnesses:

I MARSHALL VVILBUR,

ELMER W. WALKER. 

